Ahmedabad, Sept. 25 -- Accenture Plc has decided to "exit" employees who cannot be retrained in artificial intelligence, as part of a broader restructuring plan to align itself with an increasingly AI-driven world.

"We are reinventing what we sell, how we deliver, how we partner, and how we operate Accenture," Julie Sweet, chief executive officer at the world's largest IT services firm, said in a post-earnings call on Thursday (25 September 2025). "We have expanded our partnerships.we are investing in upskilling our re-inventors, which is our primary strategy."

"We are exiting, on a compressed timeline, people where re-skilling-based on our experience-is not a viable path for the skills we need."

The phrase "compressed timeline" sugges...